ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source
Open Source Flight Controller Firmware
DroneKit-Python library for communicating with Drones via MAVLink.
Open source robotics simulator. The latest version of Gazebo.
Marshalling / communication library for drones.
MAVLink proxy and command line ground station
API and library for MAVLink compatible systems written in C++ 20
A command line toolkit to generate maps, point clouds, 3D models and DEMs from drone, balloon or kite images. 📷
OpenHD wireless digital video transmission for FPV and telemetry.
Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project for unmanned (air) vehicles. This is the main software repository.
PX4 Autopilot Software
Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)
Ultralytics YOLO26, YOLO11, YOLOv8 — object detection, instance segmentation, semantic segmentation, image classification, pose estimation, object tracking
The dataset for drone based detection and tracking is released, including both image/video, and annotations.
An open-source stack for aerial mapping work from imagery and datasets through photogrammetry processing.
Source-backed aerial dataset and model repositories for detection and tracking research and prototyping.
Open components for developing against ArduPilot with software-in-the-loop simulation.
A starting stack for prototyping aerial perception models before edge deployment work.
Open-source autopilot firmware repositories for building or evaluating a flight stack.
Ground control software and telemetry protocol repositories for command, monitoring and integration work.
Open components for mission planning, telemetry and ground control around MAVLink-based vehicles.
The protocol and its reference consumers for building or evaluating MAVLink-based UAV integrations.
A structured path for comparing candidate open-source flight stacks on evidence, not marketing.
The components needed to build a local PX4 development and software-in-the-loop verification loop.
Open-source simulation and mapping repositories used for development, testing and survey workflows.
Indexed model and dataset repositories for aerial visual perception research and prototyping.